If you google him he looked really good coming out of college. Maybe it was a numbers game but he is the same size as Brett with the Diesel' speed. Seems like a natural raw fit for a 3-4 DE.

I was a huge Jarron Gilbert guy prior that draft. I thought he could be the prototypical 3-4 DE for us. I was really hoping that he would fall to us with the 64th pick in the 2nd round in all of my mocks that year. Well, he did, but we did not take him because we had already taken DE Ziggy Hood at #32. Instead, we traded our 2nd and 4th rounders to Denver for their 3 third rounders, and Jarron Gilbert went to the Bears shortly thereafter with the 4th pick in the 3rd round (didn't understand why they took him, since I did not see where he would fit in their 4-3...and it turns out he did not fit there). Instead, we took Kraig Urbik with the first of two Denver 3rd round picks ( :evil: ) but I can't argue about the trade too much because we got Mike Wallace with their others pick ( :Bow ).

In related Bears cut news, they also released former Penn State LB Tim Shaw, who was a board favorite once upon a time. He hasn't shown much as a LB so far in his NFL career, but he has been a special teams standout (30 ST tackles last year in Chicago). We can always use special teams demons considering our special teams woes, but I don't see a spot for him considering our decision to keep 9 LB's already (and I wouldn't be willing to give up on the promise of Stevenson Sylvester to get a special teamer like Shaw).

JUST-PLAIN-NASTY

09-05-2010, 10:20 AM

As I said in another post, the Steelers scouted every Bears preseason game. Gilbert is a possibility. Maybe Afalava in place of Mundy. It will be interesting to see who the steelers had their eye on.

RuthlessBurgher

09-05-2010, 10:22 AM

As I said in another post, the Steelers scouted every Bears preseason game. Gilbert is a possibility. Maybe Afalava in place of Mundy. It will be interesting to see who the steelers had their eye on.

I like White, but we would not add him to our 53 man roster...and if he was going to go onto a practice squad, he'd likely prefer to stay in Indy, which seems like a really good situation for him (just got caught in a numbers game there, since they seem to be stacked with WR's right now).

Stewie

09-05-2010, 02:40 PM

Add T.J. Houshmanzadeh to the list -

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5531522

My guess is that Pete Carroll is giving the young guys a chance to learn as he rebuilds the Seahawks - however T.J. was the surest thing he had at WR -

My guess is Leinart is on his way to Seattle as soon as the Cardinals drop him.

L.B.

Good guess, but Seattle has no interest in Leinart.

steelblood

09-05-2010, 03:12 PM

You'd have to consider trying to find a place on the 53 man for Gilbert. At least give a hard push for a PS spot.

RuthlessBurgher

09-05-2010, 03:16 PM

You'd have to consider trying to find a place on the 53 man for Gilbert. At least give a hard push for a PS spot.

Can he long snap? :lol:

grotonsteel

09-05-2010, 07:00 PM

Any idea what is Steelers PS??

I thought they had like 24 hours?

JUST-PLAIN-NASTY

09-05-2010, 08:08 PM

I think Gilbert is a system cut. He is just to upright-long player to be a tackle in the 4-3. I think hs only shot in this league will be a 3-4 DE.

BradshawsHairdresser

09-05-2010, 09:13 PM

As I said in another post, the Steelers scouted every Bears preseason game. Gilbert is a possibility.

That would help make sense of why they kept only 6 D-linemen (only one of whom is under age 30).

Chadman

09-05-2010, 10:50 PM

How about a guy like RG Chris White from Houston?

Played in a rotation with Antoine Caldwell last season, played decently, but Caldwell moved into the starting line-up fulltime this season, making White an expensive back-up.

Upgrade over Essex? Quite possibly- and at a decent price.

Chadman

09-05-2010, 10:52 PM

Dre Moore would be an interesting addition to the PS along with Harris & Worthington. If even only 1 of those guys goes on to make the 53 next season, it's a good investment.